Wire-cloth supporting and measuring apparatus.



PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907.

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' APPLICATION FILED JULY13, 1906.

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WILLIAM WELLS MARCH, OF N OOONA, TEXAS.

WIRE- CLOTH SUPPORTING AND MEASURING APPARATUS- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application filed July 13,1906. Serial No. 326,146.

To all whom it may concern:

Beiftit known that I, WILLIAM WVELLS MARCH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Nocona, in the countyli'of Montague and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Nire-Cloth Sup orting andMeasuring Apparatus, of which tfie following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for supporting rolls of wire-clothiin convenient position for measuring the same and rerolling the measuredportion, and has for its objectto improve the construction and increasethe efficiency and utility of devices of this charact-er.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature ofthe inven tion is better understood, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a partlof this specificationfandin which corresponding parts are denotedgby like designatingl};characters}?isiillustrated the preferred form of the embodiment ofthe invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation. Fig. 2 is a top planview of the ap paratus with parts in horizontal section. Figs. 3 and 4are perspective views, enlarged, of the two parts of the winding-rollerdetached and separated.

In the improved apparatus is comprised a vertical frame having clothmeasuring, cut ting, and rewinding devices associated there with and asupporting means for a plurality of the rolls of wire-cloth and movablydisposed in the frame, so that any required roll may be disposed inposition for the removal of any required quantity therefrom withoutdisturbing the remaining rolls.

The vertical frame consists of an oblong base portion 10, from whichfour standards 11, 12, 13, and 14 extend and coupled at their upper endsby headers 15. .The standards are provided, respectively, withguidestrips 16, 1.7, 18, and 19, and slidably disposed within the frameand engaging the guidestrips is a rack-frame, represented as whole at 20and provided with spaced bars 21, adapted to support the rolls ofwire-cloth, (represented at 22.) Extending from the standards 12 and 14are pockets 23 24, in which balanceweights are designed to operate andrepresented at 25 26, the weights being connected to the rack-frame 20by cords 27 28, running over guide-sheaves 29, as shown.

Attached to the rack-frame 20 is a gear rack 31, with which a gear 32 ona shaft 33 engages, the shaft journaled upon the pocket members 23 24 orother suitable portion of the frame and operative by a crank 34. By thismeans the rack-frame may be operated within the supporting-frame to anyrequired extent.

Extending laterally from the supportingframe intermediate its length isa table or platform 35, suitably braced, as at 36. Mounted upon thetable 35 at opposite ends are bearings 37 38, the latter 0 en at oneside, as at 39. The rewinding-rol er is mounted for rotation in thesebearings and is formed in two parts 40 41, the part 40 having journals42 43 for engaging the bearings 37 38 and the part 41 hinged at one endat 44 to the part 40, the journal 43 having a square terminal to receivethe operating-crank 45. The end of the cloth to be measured and rewoundis disposed between the parts 40 41, and when the parts are closed androtated the cloth is wound thereon, as hereafter explained.

Mounted upon a shaft 46 beneath the table 35is an indicator-wheel 47 ofsome predetermined sizeas, for instance, one yard in circumference-andprojecting through an aperture 48 in the table and provided withperipheral spurs or points 49 to engage the cloth as it is drawnthereover. Mounted upon the shaft 46 near one edge of the table 35 isanother indicatorwl1eel 59, graduated in inches and projecting throughan aperture 60 in the table, the latter having a denotingline 61coacting with the graduations on the wheel. The wheel 59 is thus inposition to .denote the amount of cloth removed from the roll and can beread 60, as will be obvious.

Swinging from the table 35 at opposite ends are ra'dius bars 50 51,between whose free ends a roller 52 is journaled, the roller adapted torest upon the cloth as it passes over the table and insure its smoothand uniform movement and also to serve as a gravity tension device tohold the cloth in contact with the wheel 47. A relatively narrow cleft53 is formed in the table close to the roller 52 to form a guide for theseveringthrough the aperture knife or other implement employed forsevering the cloth after it is measured. Thegfcleft is preferablyprovided with guard-strips 54 55.

The'Wheels 47 and 59 are of some predetermined sizefor instance, oneyard in circumferenceand will thus be rotated once may be moved freelyin one direction, but

by each yard of cloth which is drawn over them, and a suitable signalmeanssuch as a gong 56, spring-controlled hammer 57 and operating-cam5S-Will be employed to notify the operator as each yard is measured.

The rack is designed to hold a plurality of rolls of Wire-cloth ofdifferent Widths, and When any particular Width is required the frame 20is adjusted by rotating the shaft 33 by its crank 34. to bring therequired roll in position opposite the table and in position to bemeasured and reWound upon the drum 4:0 41.

The roll-supporting frame 20 is provided With spaced sockets, one foreach pair of the supporting-bars 21 and indicated at 62, and the framemember 1 1 is provided With a springactuated bolt 63, adapted to engagethe sockets one at a time, and thus lock the rackframe at any desiredpoint to hold the roll of cloth from Which the desired amount is to beremoved in stationary position. The inner or operative end of the bolt63 will preferably be inclined at one side, so that the frame 20 willrequire the bolt to be manually released before it can be moved in theopposite direction.

After the requisite amount of cloth has been measured, severed, andWound upon the drum it is tied loosely thereon, the divided Winding-rollremoved from its bearings, and the cloth removed therefrom byWithdrawing it from the roller.

The device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured,and will be very convenient for the use of retail dealers in wire'clothand similar material.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is- In a device ofthe class described, a supporting-frame, a table extending laterally ofsaid frame, a reWindingdrum upon said table, a rack slidable in saidframe and divided into a plurality of compartments for rolls of thematerial to be measured, and means for operating said roll-supportingrack to bring any required roll into position relative to said body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

VJILLIAM ELLS MARCH ld itnesses G. E. GORDON, L. H. Down.

